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5-page letter raises objections to ‘presumption of consent, ‘death penalty’, ‘false cases’
Women lawyers, academicians, activists, and women and child rights organisations have written to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray raising objections to the Maharashtra Shakti Bill and the Special Courts and Machinery for the Implementation of the Shakti Bill, and said, “The effect of this Bill will completely deny women any hope of justice.”
Organisations such as Akshara, Bebaak Collective, Forum Against Oppression of Women, and Mahila Mandal Federation, along with lawyers like Indira Jaisingh, Susan Abraham, and Maharukh Adenwalla sent a five-page letter to the CM on December 11.
On the point of ‘presumption of consent’, the letter pointed out, “The amendment which seeks to add explanation 3 to Section 375 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code where parties are adults and the conduct of such parties from all circumstances surrounding the same appears that there was consent or i